Suddenly I understand why his mother disliked him.
Yang Yufen held her two children and gave Shen Xianjun only a glance, without saying a word.
"Come on, Grandma will make you something delicious. Are you hungry?"
"I'm hungry."
The two children only spoke after they were sure their grandmother wouldn't leave.
The ignored Shen Xianjun touched his nose.
"Grandma will make you scallion and egg pancakes. Come on, Grandma will take you to collect eggs. Da Bao and Er Bao, how about you help Grandma pick some scallions?"
"good!"
The children responded loudly and stopped clinging to Yang Yufen. Yang Yufen put them on the ground and each of them held one of Yang Yufen's hands.
"Mom, I want some too."
Shen Xianjun quickly spoke up, afraid that if he didn't say anything, his mother really wouldn't cook his share. Although he could cook, he was definitely not as good as his mother.
The two little ones stood guard in front of the stove, eagerly craning their necks as soon as the fragrant scallion and egg pancakes came out of the pan.
Yang Yufen cut a pancake in half, tossed it to cool it down, and handed it to the two children. The two children smiled broadly, their eyes barely visible, showing no trace of the way they had cried so hard that morning.
Letting the two children eat, Yang Yufen continued to make pancakes, placing one in a bowl before making another, but each time there was only one pancake in the bowl.
The two children stared in disbelief at their father's belly.
Yang Yufen held back her grip on the spatula.
"Da Bao and Er Bao, are you full? Do you want to go out and play for a bit? Grandma will come find you in a little while."
"good!"
Knowing that their grandmother was home, the two children ate their fill and happily went to play in the yard.
Yang Yufen made another pancake, and seeing that hand reaching out again, she slapped it with a spatula without any hesitation this time.
"Eat, eat, eat! What else can you do besides eat? You can't even take care of the kids, and you eat everything. I made a whole bowl of noodles, and I didn't even leave two for your wife. It all went into your stomach. Get out!"
He'd already taken a swipe of the spatula, but he couldn't let the pancake go, so Shen Xianjun quickly grabbed it.
"Mom, it's because the children miss their grandma too much. How can you blame me? Besides, there's still so much noodles in your bowl. My wife has a small appetite and can't finish them all."
"Aren't I human? I won't eat?"
Yang Yufen wielded the spatula.
"You don't eat scallions. We never put scallions in pancakes before. I thought scallions didn't taste good."
Shen Xianjun muttered that if he hadn't gone to the army, he wouldn't have known that scallions were delicious. It turns out his mother was a picky eater, so she never put them on pancakes at home.
"Go see the children."
Yang Yufen couldn't bear to watch; all that cleverness was being wasted on the wrong things.
After Yang Yufen finished making pancakes, she coaxed the two children to sleep, but they clung to her arms and wouldn't let go.
Yang Yufen opened her eyes wide. This was indeed a problem. She had planned to create an opportunity for the young couple to get along well as a family of four. However, she had raised the child herself and couldn't bear to be separated from her. This was something she hadn't considered.
Yang Yufen tried to pull her hand away twice, but Erbao, who was asleep, started to cry, so Yang Yufen dared not move.
After the children woke up, Yang Yufen simply took them out.
Gui Xiang called home, a two-minute call, and she hadn't been in a good mood since she got back.
"Mother, people from the second son's family came and took his wife away, leaving Qingmei behind. How are Dad and the second son doing?"
"Mother, my mother-in-law is here too. She's making a fuss about separating the family property, or she'll take my wife away with her."
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